3.5/5

To say I got something way different then I bargained for when I pulled this off the library shelf and added it to my stack, would be an understatement. Having thought this would be closer to a collection of humorous customer horror stories and not a semi-biographical coming of age story.

But in some ways it found its way into my life when I was needing it.

This story had me hooked despite the aspects that I found myself cringing away from (the rampant drug use).

Madge's journey of self discovery and growth is intriguing and makes her someone you find yourself rooting for.

But honestly my two biggest takeaways were that you only ever will really know the side of a person that they want you to see and that might not be the person that others know.

Along with the reminder I needed this week that someone's relapse isn't something that I shouldn't and can't blame myself for.